The wedding yesterday was lovely. I love weddings, and this one was an especially beautiful celebration. Two wonderful people are now joined in Holy Matrimony. How resonant and sacred those words!
Here is a poem by Linda Pastan. Joyce sent it to me saying how perfect it was for yesterday. The fog is in today and it is cozy, and I am in nesting mode, and this poem is perfect also for today.
The Birds
are heading south, pulled
by a compass in the genes.
They are not fooled
by this odd November summer,
though we stand in our doorways
wearing cotton dresses.
We are watching them
as they swoop and gather--
the shadow of wings
falls over the heart.
When they rustle among
the empty branches, the trees
must think their lost leaves
have come back.
The birds are heading south,
instinct is the oldest story.
They fly over their doubles,
the mute weathervanes,
teaching all of us
with their tailfeathers
the true north.
- Linda Pastan
